Turkey: Two top-tens in Qualifying
By Karl King
August 20 2005
First Totally Toyota F1 must give an apology for being practically last to bring you the Toyota news. However, we have a good reason as we are moving house and had other things to do - and talking of moving house, is that what Ralf was doing today.
At turn 9 the younger Schumi seemed to decide that he didn't want to do the lap, and instead wanted to spend his time house hunting in Turkey and turned off to head into town. He obviously then must've decided that his missus Cora could do that by herself and turned back to head off to turn 10.
Joking aside Ralf could be blamed for losing a lot of time with this costly mistake - one which his 7-times champ brother also made but happened not to return from it and this stuffed turkey will start last on tomorrow's grid.
"That could have been a very good lap but I obviously lost quite a bit of time in Turn Nine. Perhaps I was trying a bit too hard, but apart from that the grip was there and my lap was going well," Ralf Schumacher explains.
"Nonetheless we're still in reasonable shape to come away with a good result tomorrow. Jarno's in a
really good position, it's slightly more difficult for me again but it's quite possible for both of us to score points.
"We'll see how possible it is to overtake tomorrow, but another strong points finish is what we are
after."
Ralf crossed the line 1.797s slower than Raikkonen's pole sitting time.
Jarno got 5th on the grid for tomorrow's race aided by improved aero package including a revised floor and a modified rear wing. (And no favouritism at Toyota means that Ralf also has this!) Jarno drove a relatively flawless lap and will start tomorrow's race behind both Renault's and McLaren's.
"That was another good lap because we have been struggling to finalise the set-up on my car this weekend. I was not at all happy with the balance this morning, so I changed the set-up completely for qualifying. That meant I went into qualifying without knowing how the car would behave.
" It was a bit windier than before so the car was a bit more nervous and that made qualifying more difficult than usual. But it worked pretty well, so that was another good performance from myself and the team.
"My target tomorrow is to score points and maybe even push for a podium," the Italian finished.
Sunday's Grid:
1. RAIKKONEN McLaren 1m26.797s
2. FISICHELLA Renault 1m27.039s
3. ALONSO Renault 1m27.050s
4. MONTOYA McLaren 1m27.352s
5. TRULLI
6. HEIDFELD Williams 1m27.929s
7. WEBBER Williams 1m27.944s
8.
9. R.SCHUMACHER Toyota 1m28.594s
10. KLIEN Red Bull 1m28.963s
11. BARRICHELLO Ferrari 1m29.369s
12. COULTHARD Red Bull 1m29.764s
13. BUTTON BAR 1m30.063s
14. SATO BAR 1m30.175s
15. MONTEIRO
16. ALBERS Minardi 1m32.186s
17. DOORNBOS Minardi no time
18. VILLENEUVE Sauber no time
19. KARTHIKEYAN
20. M.SCHUMACHER Ferrari no time